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The Wells Fargo Foundation helped kick start a certificate program in railroad mechanics Tuesday at Montana State University-Northern with the presentation of a facsimile of a $10,000 check in a ceremony at Northern's Farm Mechanics Building. Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel said the program, which is slated to begin next summer, will train students to be railroad electricians and mechanics and is based on a standardized curriculum from the National Academy of Railroad...
MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock proposed Tuesday to create new taxes on the wealthy and medical marijuana in an attempt to bolster state revenues that have stagnated amid a downturn in oil and coal production. One week after winning re-election, the Democratic governor released a two-year budget plan that would increase state spending by $35 million by mid-2019, which is just 1.4 percent above the current budget. It would also fund a $293 million infrastructure package, increase tax credits f...
A Havre man accused of molesting an 11-year-old relative was apprehended by Hill County sheriff’s deputies Monday afternoon at the Bitterroot trailer court. Theodore Dana Slate, 69, is charged with one count of felony incest. Charging documents say the Hill County Sheriff’s Office received a call May 17 from a woman who said Slate had molested her 11-year-old step-sister. The woman said she’d heard from Slate’s adult children and other relatives that he’d been accused of sexual abuse in the past. Documents say the woman sai...
"Annie Get Your Gun," a 1946 fictional Broadway musical based on real-life sharpshooter Annie Oakley, will be performed by 23 Havre High School actors this week. Opening night is Thursday. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the play starts at 7:30 p.m. The same time applies to Friday and Saturday. A 2 p.m. matinee performance on Saturday will also be an option. The actors and orchestra had their last rehearsal Tuesday afternoon. Director Angela Pratt said the students are...
MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS — U.S. officials are canceling 15 oil and gas leases in an area bordering Glacier National Park that’s considered sacred to the Blackfoot tribes of the U.S. and Canada, according to details of a planned announcement today obtained in advance by The Associated Press. The cancellation would preserve the 130,000-acre Badger-Two Medicine area within the Lewis and Clark National Forest, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said in a statement. Jewell said it was important to develop oil and gas...
Judy Dritshulas, chair of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board, said during the board’s monthly meeting that the H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation has been receiving offers of donated items to be displayed when the museum opens up at its future location in the Griggs Printing building on the 400 Block of First Street. “It does seem that a lot of people are coming forward with things their family would like to donate,” she said. Such proposed donations include an antique weather station from...
ERIC DIETRICH Bozeman Daily Chronicle BOZEMAN (AP) - The vista on Dylan Strike's organic farm, just outside Bozeman on a sunny fall afternoon, is nothing short of idyllic. Rows of vegetables stretch across neatly kept acres along Stucky Road. Beets and carrots sit cozy in rich soil, while arugula and kale covered with insect-protecting cloth await harvest. Workers pull black radishes out of the soft ground as a tractor putters along nearby. Twisting off leaves with practiced m...
From the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce The holidays are fast approaching and with that come many community activities and events that require many to give of their time and talent unselfishly. And this can’t be more true than right now as the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce readies for this wonderful time of year. The community holiday decoration project and tree has had many partners and community members volunteering each year for more than 36 years to make the needed repairs and to get everything ready for the holidays. T...
Press release HELENA — The draft outline of a new drought management plan for Montana is now available for public comment. Ada Montague, a Department of Natural Resources and Conservation water planner who staffs the Governor’s Drought and Water Supply Advisory Committee, said a number of revisions to the plan came out of a series of public forums held in August and September in Havre, Billings, Bozeman and Missoula. Water users representing agriculture, municipalities, fish and wildlife and other interests participated, as...
Press release Caroline Bitz of Box Elder was among three people Humanities Montana’s board elected as new members, the others being Scott Crichton of Missoula and April Charlo of Charlo. These members’ terms will begin January 1. The board also elected Tobin Miller Shearer as the new chair and Aaron Pruitt as the new vice chair for 2017. Ken Egan, Executive Director of Humanities Montana, said, “Humanities Montana’s board is thrilled to welcome these new members. They bring a commitment to cultural programming for diverse...
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Well. That happened. Donald J. Trump didn’t just perplex the pundits, pollsters and his own progeny with a stunning electoral pummeling of Hillary Clinton, he pelted them with showbiz shock and awe. It was a wake-up call that surely rolled Beethoven, who was deaf and is now dead. It was the new shot heard round the world. Planet-wide, liberals are slashing wrists and bashing brains and gnashing teeth and curled in a fetal position begging for their blue banky. The city of San Francisco is working through the five stages of g...
NEW YORK — As election evening began in Midtown Manhattan, people who wanted Donald Trump to win — loyal Republicans who risked the scorn of conservative critics to work hard on Trump’s behalf — were not only not sure he would win, they were actively trying to imagine the best-case scenario for his defeat. About 4:30 in the afternoon, I ran into a well-connected Republican operative on Sixth Avenue. She thought Florida didn’t look good — Trump would have to make up too many votes to counter a heavy Hispanic turnout. Bu...
Soon, the holiday travel season will start. What a depressing thought. I remember reading a story a few years ago about an airline that lost a woman’s cat in transit. They looked for that cat for 12 days before it finally turned up — alive and well, but hungry. That was probably 11 1/2 days longer than they would have looked for a missing passenger. Sometimes I wonder what is worse, the airlines or the passengers. On almost every flight I’ve taken the last few holidays, some couple will show up at the very last minute and h...
Thank you to all the voters who participated Nov. 8 and voted to approve the library’s two-mill levy. We here at the library — staff, Friends of the Library, foundation, executive board and all of our wonderful volunteers — appreciate the powerful support from the community. Havre-Hill County Library is your library, and we will continue to work hard and make improvements. The library is funded primarily by tax revenue from the city and the county, which is one reason why we are so dedicated to providing the best services we...
A local man was sentenced last Monday in District Court in Havre to three years probation for selling marijuana to an informant. Roman Surber, born in 1980, received a three-year deferred imposition of sentence for the offense of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs, a felony. The sentence is pursuant to a plea deal that dismissed a similar charge. If Surber abides by the conditions of his probation, he will have the opportunity to have the conviction struck off his record. A Tri-agency Safe Trails Task Force agent...
A local woman received four years probation for selling Hydrocodone for money and five packs of cigarettes. Lorie V. Bone, born in 1959, was sentenced to four years for the offense of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs, all suspended. The sentence was pursuant to a plea deal. An informant told a Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force agent July 22, 2013, that Bone told them she was selling “some size 10 shoes,” code for 10 milligram Hydrocodone tablets. The informant then told Bone they’d come to her residence to buy the pil...
Havre Police Department Joshua James Fredrick Nimmick of Havre, 38, was issued a summons on a charge of criminal contempt related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation Tuesday at 8:08 a.m. at the police station. —— Derek Theodore Dahlin of Havre, 51, was issued a summons on charges of operating a motor vehicle without valid registration and driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s licence Tuesday at 1:54 p.m. on Sixth Avenue. —— Kim Allen Norquay Sr. of Hays, 57, was arrested on a charge of violation of conditions release...
Even though the 2016 season did not end the way the Havre High football team wanted it to, the Blue Ponies still had plenty to be proud of and that’s backed up by the number of players it placed on the Central A All-Conference and Class A All-State squads. The Ponies, who finished the 2016 season with a 5-4 record, good enough for third in the Central A conference, ended up with 10 players earning Central A All-Conference honors at 17 different positons. Not surprisingly, the...
They say Christmas is the most wonderful time of year. I can’t really argue with that considering how I do love Christmas. But for me, the most wonderful time of the year is usually the third Saturday in November. That Saturday is reserved for the annual showdown between the Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats. Cat-Griz, Griz-Cat, Brawl of the Wild, whatever you prefer to call it, to me, that’s the most wonderful time of my year. However, here in the year of 2016, in...
